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•T. *££&L3H ll ii If New Ulm Review. BRANDT & WEDDENDORF, Publishers. NEWTJLM, MINNESOTA* Nathan Appleton, of Boston, wants the government to present France with a $20,000 statue of George Washington. Insurance statistics showthat Amer icans of the middle and upper classes are healthier and longer lived than Englishmen. Rev. Bartholomew Edwards, rector of Ashill, Norfolk, "13 the oldest clergy man in England. He has just com pleted his 100th year. He has been rector at Ashill just seventy-fi^s years. Miss Sara Elliott, the story-writer, has returned to Now Orleans, after spending a couple of years abroad. She is a daughter of the late Bishop Elliott, of Texas, and is described •as small, brown-haired and demure. A petition for the closing of public houses on Sunday in England, pre sented recently to the Home Secretary by Mr. Phillips, of Liverpool, meas ured 11,263 yards ip. length. It was signed by 1,132,000 women over the age of sixteen. Mr. Gladstone is now to take his turn in demolishing Kobert G. Inger soll, the most famous American as sailant of the Christian system of which Gladstone is a champion. The British statesman will work his bat teries through an American magazine next May. Minister Taylor, or Liberia, who is opposed to a black man being termed "colored," adds: "Black is the ab sence of color. If we are anything we are negroes. I am a negro, and don't wish any man to call me colored. 1 was born a slave and commenced as a bootblack." George Washington was a Mason. He was master of a little Masonic lodge down in Virginia alter the Kev olutionary War. The lodge in which he rode the goat and the lodge over which he presided are going to make a pilgrimage to his tomb on the cen tennial anniversary of his initiation. Postmaster General Dickinson, the youngest member of the cabinet, is of medium height and rather slender, with a thin but rosy face, bright eyes and straight nose. His hair is brown and he wears a pair of mutton-chop whiskers. He is usually clad in a Prince Albert coat, tightly buttoned across his chest. The sole tenant of a lonely miner's cabin that stands on the summit of Gold Hill, opposite Buena Vista, Col., is Mrs. Mary Mallen, noted through out the West as the only woman miner in tiie State. She has lived alone on the mountain for several years, spen ding her time in prospect ing for gold, but thus far without ap parent success. The Hawaiian "army" consists of one "Generalissimo," five Colonels, five Majors, one Adjutant-General, one Quartermaster-General, one In telligence Officer, one Engineer, one Aid-de-Camp, one Adjutant, one Cap tain, two Lieutenants, eight sergeants, sixteen corporals, one band-master, twenty-four bandsmen and sixty pri vates. Christopher G. Memminger, who has recently died at Charleston, S. C, was the confederate secretary of the treasury during the entire war. He was born in Germany in 1803, brought to Charleston when a child by his widowed mother, who soon died, and he was adopted and educat ed by Thomas Bennett, afteiward governor of the state. Since the war be made a. fortune out of the phos phate industry. An Indian urn about the size and shape of a cocoanut was exhumed on Benjamin Lupton's farm near Bridge ton, N. J. It is comely in shape and smooth in workmanship and orna mented around the neck, near the mouth, with the peculiar impression found on the broken pottery of the Indian village near Shiloh. Indian remains and arrows have been found there, and it is supposed to be an In dian camp ground. A citizen of Springfield, Mo., has a horse that he wants to sell. The oth er day the animal kicked down a par it the stable, got out into the floor and kicked a $250 buggy to smithereens, turned around and kick ed eight barrels of oats to pieces,scat tering the contents over the floor, .kicked bis way into another part of the building, and thence out of doors, and when discovered was doing hi3 ^best to demolish the gate of the stable vard. PITH OF THE NEWS. News from Washington If Senator Blair's a should be smothered in the Mr. Lind ha O resentatives an effort will 1 a some kind of a bill though ftB a which will look toan Sunday school instruct of the bill are not yet of 8 The a I Anll a out, but the main features^ them selves to Christians, of a and philanthropb jg^a denominations 0f ^vety kind. A introduced a bill in con- gress to pay VrA ttled •claims of settlers who lost tb fa 0 perty through the In- dian deprer'.ationa of 1862. These claims were not «,cted upon by the commission ers, ana A the evidence and proof are suffi cient tr claims will be allowed, as the sec retary 0f the interior admits the propriety of reimbursing the persons who lost their pr jperty in that terrible outbreak. Carl DreieT, of Chicago, in his examina on before the house committee on agri culture, was asked whether pork packers mixed unwashed guts with lard. The wit ness replied that when the manufacture of lard was done in a slip-shod fashion these objectionable part3 would slip in. He had seen unsufficiently washed guts mixed with lard. Mr. Funston called upon the witness to give the names of the packers whom he had seen doing this. The witness declined to answer. President Cleveland transmits to con gress a report from Minister Pendleton at Berlin,from which it appears that trichini asis prevails in certain parts of Germany, and that a number of persons have died from the effects of eating the meat of dis eased hogs grown in that county. He also transmitted a report from the consul at Marseilles, representing that a highly con tagious disease, similar to hog cholera, pre vails among the swine of a large section of France. The president recommends a stringent law to prevent importation of swine or pork products from Germany or France. Items About People. Ex-Lieut. Gov. William Dorsheimer, the publisher of the New York Star, died at Savannah, Ga. He left New York March 15 in perfect health. He caught cold on his way South and stopped at Savannah, where his malady developed into pneu monia. He died after only four days' ill ness. Jay Gould says he is anxious for a legis lative inquiry into the affairs in which he is involved. He says. It would seem that the time is rapidly approaching when the legislative inquiry of which I have spoken should be taken up. It would be well lor the people of this city to have a little light thrown upon political affairs here. The people of the state would enjoy it, and so would the whole country. It mijht be well to see how far we art con trolled here by a single shrewd politician. Crimes and Criminals. San Francisco customs officers have been caught in an extensive compiracy by which thousands or Chinese have been allowed to enter the country upon false certificates. William C. Poole, lately chief deputy United States marshal at Boston, was in^ dieted by the grand jury on the charge of embezzlement and rendering false ac counts. Albert Murrish, a farmer of Nebraska, shot and instantly killed his wife and fa-, tally wounded William Patterson, a farm •hand. Murrish found the couple in a com promising position. He gave himself up to the shercli. Thomas B. Hark, superintendent of telegraph construction for the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway company, has been arrested, charged with embez zling the company's funds. A shortage of §5,000 is said to have been disciosed. District Attorney Fellows of New York has decided to retry Jacob Sharp for brib ing the board of aldermen of 1884, in the Broadway railroad franchise matter, dur ing the AprS term of the court of oyer and terminer. Sharp's counsel have moved for a change of venue to another county. Foreign News Nuggets. The Dominion government has declined to interfere with the prohibitory liquor law in the Northwest territorips beyond givinc permission for the licensing of the brewing and sale of malt beverages. A diamond necklace, bracelets and a large number of unset stones have ]ust been found in Montreal in an old safe which was bought eight years ago of a second-hand dealer. The safe is supposed to have been the property of H. Melor, an extensive diamond dealer, who suddenly disappeared twelve years ago in the com pany of a nortorious woman. The Abyssinian wa» is assuming a dan gerous shape. The Abyssinians are already surrounding the Italians, and it is expect ed that they will concentrate at Dongalo cutting off communication by road and telegraph. The Italian ministry has im parted to the public no news from Masso wah, and the consequent anxiety is in tense. Fifteen thousand troops are in Na ples in readiness to embark for Abyssinia. The French minister of the interior has obtained possession oi certain telegrams emanating from Boulanger and written in cipher, which he has had deciphered and hacs submitted to the committee of inquiry which are investigating the Boulangist agi tation. These dispatches, it is said, clear ly prove that Boulanger has been intimate ly associated with conspiracies against the safety of the republic. The general himself keeps up his vehement protesta tions of innocence and stoutly denies that hi3 removal from the army was due to anything more than political work on the part of his enemies. His notion of his own importance is not a whit lessened by his punishment. It is rpported on excellent authority thattbe dominion government does not pro pose relinguishing the disallowance policy while wiping out monopoly. They will propose to the Manitoba delegates that they apply to the dominion parliament for a charter to build the Red River Val ley road, and will propose that all char ters come through the dominion parlia ment. The delegates say that such a prop osition would never be accepted, as it is most absurd and would never remote the seat of the trouble. I is believed Sir John is keeping the Manitoba premierat Ottawa to use as & lever against the Canadian Pacific, BO powerful ia that company's in fluence with the government. Record of Casualties. All hopes of the Bafety of the missing pilot boats Enchantress and Phantom are now finally abandoned. A large quantity of powtfer exploded in Btickney powder factory near A3hford, New York. At the spot where the mills stood there is now a hole big enough to bury a house. Two workmen were blown to atoms. They were the only men in or near the works. The shock of the explosion was felt throughout Westches ter county. An Indian left Trempeleau, Wis..' about Christmas to spend the winter with rela tives near Black River Falls, and lately bia body was found in a swamp near Tre mont. He had evidently become lost and wandered into the swamp before he was frozen, as he was found frozen in ice above his knees. His pony was a few feet from him, also frozen in the ice Miscellaneous News Notes. The bill conferring municipal suffrage on "women, on final passage in the senate of New York, was killed by a vote of 5 to 15. Peter Brisbers, a saloonkeeper, of Eau Ciaire, Wis., became insane from drink and attempted to kill his children. He was jailed. The fifth annual report of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul company shows the gross earnings during 1887 were §35,366, 123 net earnings, $10,158,139—a de crease of §118,708. Christian Kemek and Richard Moore, two young roughs of St. Paul, had a prize fight for five dollars a side, and in the ninth round, Moore was so badly injured, that his recovery is doubtful. Kemek was arrested. Mrs. Charles S. Steele has commenced an action against th» St. Paul street rail way company for fifty thousand dollars for damages sustained in the cable car accident, in which Mrs. Steele had her nose broken and sustained other severe injuries. An important meeting of anthracite managers was held in Philadelphia. It was decided unanimously to maintain the prices for anthracite during the season of 1888-9, beginning April 1, and to regulate the output of coal so that the market shall not be burdened by an over-production this year. In the United States "circuit court at Detroit Judge Brown ordered the sale oi the Chicago & Canadian Southern railroad under foreclosure unless the past interest on the first mortgage bonds, amounting to $3,931,069.67 is paid on or before Aug. 8 of this year. Among other conditions it is provided that the road shall not be sold for less than $500,000. The sale will taike place in that city. The decision recently rendered in the case of the Bohn Manufacturing company vs. Jameson et al. by Judge Wilkins of St. Paul, is of vast importance to the work ingmen of the state, deciding, as it does, the mechanic's lien law of 1887 to be un constitutional. The only question argued was the constitutionality of the new law, and Judge Wilkin decided to be unconstitu tional, giving no reasons therefor. A convention to ta^e action against trusts and monopolies was held at Fargo, D. T. The attendance was light, but farmer agitators from North Dakota and Clay county, Minn., were present. Smith Stimmel was made temporary chairman, and in taking the chair said that he be lieved the farmers shouid combine and hold their wheat until the millers muBt have it. He did not think the protective tariff had anything to do with the iarmers' troubles. England had free trade, and her farmers were in a worse condition than those of this country, and trusts originated in England. Lyman Loring of Minnesota, thought the tariff was the farmers' bane, and after further discussion Messrs. Stim mel, James Hales and Loring were appoint ed a committee to correspond with the Kansas farmers anti-trust monopoly. The permanent organization is as follows. Smith Stimmel, president E. A. Webb, secretary James Hales, treasurer. The Could Sensation. The sensation which Jay Gould sprung is still agitating New York, and the papers are full of rumors in relation to prominent persons involved. Charges of bribery are being made on both sides, and hints are thrown out that a great national Bcandal is impending. The counsel for the prose cution charced that Mr. Gould and his son offered money to stop the proceed ings in the Gould-Sage case, and the Goulds come back with the charge of blackmail. George Gould, in an interview, denied point blank the statements that he (George Gould) had tried on several occa sions to settle the case out of the courts. On the contrary, he says that Andrews went to him on three different occasions and offered to fix the matter with the district attorney. Before the matter had been laid before the grand jury Mr. Andrews asked for §500,000 to stop the proceedings. After the presentation of the case Mr. Andrews raised the ante to $600,000, but Mr. Gould, Jr., saye he de clined to consider any of these proposi tions, finally Mr. Andrews offered to stop the whole business for $100,000. but no attention was paid to bim. Speaking of the threat that the attorney general should be called in as the next resort in pushing the Gould-Sage trust inquiry, Mr. Gould said blandly: I would go further than that myself, and would suggest legislative inquiry into this whole matter. Then, perhaps, we would learn whether this persecution has its be all and end-all in the city and county of New York, or whether iti motive power comes from Washington and reaches to Albany. Mr. Gould said that he went to a promi nent politician, who holds one of the high est offices in the state, find spoke to him about the case. This gentleman sent to one of the city officials interested in the prosecution and asked about the case. The latter said that it would be a big thing from a political standpoint to put Mr. Gould on the rack. The prominent officeholder, who is supposed by some to be Mayor Hewitt, denounced this as infa mous and declared that it must be stop ped at once. Rivers and Harbors. The house committee on rivers and har bors has completed its work, and has pre sented to the house a bill which proposes to approriate $19,432,783 for river and har bor improvements. This is the largest bill ever reported in any congress. The aggre gate will, of course, attract much attention, and will excite apprehension of a veto. The last, river and harbor bill was vetoed by the president largely because of the magnitude of the appropriation, yet the total ef that bill was very much less than the footings of the present bill. It will be claimed for the bill that the United States is a very large country, that its internal commerce is rapidly increasing, and that the de mands for internal improvements keep pace with the development of the country that every item in this long bill has been considered with the utmost care, and that the percentage of the amount appropriated to the amount of the esti mates which have been made by the engi neer officers of the government is verv small. The final allowance made by the committee is. in fact, less than half the to tal amounts called for by the estimates. The total bill is $19.432,783 the amount of the estimates is $40,041,998. and the engineer officers are considered to be among the most efficient, skillfull and con scientious officers in the government's service. Of the sum agreed upon, the northwest gets the following sum: Red river of the North, $20,000. Mississippi River—ReservoirB at the headwaters, $12,000 snag boat on up per Mississippi river, $25,000 river from St. Paul to Des Moines rapids, $650,000 at Des Moines rapids, to complete, $35, 000 dry docks at Des Moines rapids, to complete, $16,250 river from Des Moines rapids to mouth of Illinois river, $150, 000 river from mouth of Illinois river to mouth of Ohio river, $300, 000 river from Cairo to head passes, in cluding Red river at and below head of Atchafalaye, $2,300,000 river above St. Anthony Falls, $100,000 survey of Mis sissippi river between head passes and head waters, etc,, $75,000 to remove ob structions.etc, $100,000. Misaouri River—River from its mouth to Sioux City, $550,000 from Sioux City to Ft. Benton, $75,000 removing obstruc tions, etc., $44,000 survey and examina tion, $25,000. FIFTIETH CONGRESS. Abstract of the Proceedings ottha Senate and Housa. Among the petitions and memorials pre sented and referred were several from the Iowa Patrons of Husbandry, asking that agricultural products be equally protected with manufactured articles that foreign immigration be restricted so as to keep out all paupers and criminals, and that all United States senators be elected by a direct vote of the people. Also petitions for the protection of wool and woolen goods. Mr. Allison introduced a bill appropri ating $5,000 to defray the funeral expen ses of the late chief justice of the supreme court of the United States. Passed. Mr. Cullom, from the committee on ter ritories, reported unanimously the resolu tions declaring it to be the sense of the Senate that new states should be admitted into the Union only on the basis of equali ty with the existing states, an 1 that con gress ought not to exercise any supervision over the provisions of the constitution of any such new state further than is neces sary to guarantee to each state a republi form of government, that the territory of Utah should not be admitted until it is certain that its civil affairs shall not be controlled by the priesthood. The bill for the purchase of land was considered and debated at length. Mr. Springer, of Illinois, from the com mittee on territories, reported the bill for the organization of the Territory of Alaska. District business occupied the rest of the session. Mr. Sabin introduced a bill for the ao pointment of a commission to establish the boundary line between northern Min nesota and the Canadian province. Mr. Blair called up the question of the second reading of the bill introduced by him some time sine to give preference to disabled Confederate soldiers as between men who had been disloyal in appoint ments to civil office. Mr. Edmund-3 opposed the second read ing of the bill. Without disposing of the question the Senate took up the considera tion of the House to provide for the pur chase of the United States bonds by the secretary of the treasury, the pending question being on the amendment author izing the deposit of gold or silver bullion and the issuance of coin certificates therefor, and Senator Teller addressed the Senate. Without reaching a conclusion the de bate was postponed. Mr. Stone, of Kentucky, from the com mittee on war claims, reported the bill to adjust the claims of states for expenses in curred in defense of the United State-". Mr. Holman called up the general public land bill. Mr. Smith of Wisconsin offered an amendment providing that all deposits of coal and iron on the lands of the United States shall be reserved to the United States, and no further grant or patent from the United States shall be held to in clude such deprsits. No disposition was made of the amendment, and it was left pending. Mr. Felton of California moved to amend by striking out of the clause permitting a person who has declared his intention to "ome a citizen to enter on the public la.uu.-3. SENATE. Mr. Dawes introduced a bill to establish courts for the Indians on the various res ervations and to extend the protection of the laws of the states and territories over all Indians. The senate then proceeded to the consid eration of bills on the calendar. Among the bills passed were the following. To amend the act of March 3, 1879, prodd ing additional regulations for homestead and pre-emption entries of public lands changing the boundaries of the Yellow stone national park, and providing police and other regulations there. Appropriat ing $20,000 for the completion of the monument to Marv, the mother of Wash ington, at Fredericksburg, Va. To have copies of certian national medals struck and delivered to certain depart nietits and to the various states and territories. The total number of bills passed was 61. HOUSE. The house refused to pass the resolution which calls upon the postmaster general for information as to alleged instruction of his department which prohibits our own citizens Iroin usingthe mail on the same terms that are granted to Canadians. The bill was reported to prohibit aliens from acquiring title to or owning lands within the United States. House calendar. The House then went into committee of the whole on the Indian appropriation bill. Mr. Nelson, of Minnesota, took ad vantage of the geneial debate to speak up on the tariff. It was not honest, he said, to call men who favored tarili reduction, free traders. The men who opposed all forms of tariff reduction were not the only friends of American labor, nor were they the only guardians of American enterprise. The question of protection or free trade was not fairly involved in the problem congress had to solve. The question was, whether the surplus should be got rid of by extravagant expenditures, or whether the taxes should be reduced. The great body of the people were agreed that the surplus should be reduced by a reduc tion oi taxation. The next question presented was whether that reduction should be applied to the tariff or internal evenue taxes. He sent to the clerk's desk and had read a letter received by him from Chas. A. Phihsbury, of Minneapolis, who", he stated, was a prom inent Republican, warmly commending his course in congress unon thetariif question, and declaring that 90 per cent, of the Dem ocrats and 75 per cent, of the Republicans of Minnesoto agreed with him in his views. The reading of the letter was applauded on the Democratic side. Mr. Funston, of Kansas, attempted to put some questions to Mr. Nelson, but the latter remarked that the gentleman could have the floor to himself, and took his seat, not replying to Mr. Funston's chal lenge as tow hy he did not put wheat on the free list. SENATE. Not in session. HOUSE. 0m motion of Mr. McCreary, of Ken tucky. Senate amendments were non-con curred into the House bill authorizing the President to arranne a conference for the purpose -of encouraging reciprocal commer cial relations between the United States and the republics of Mexico, Central and South America and the empire of Brazil. The speaker states that, under special order.the pendinc business was the consid eration of the Hou&e bill granting a pen sion of $2,000 per annum to Mary S. Logan, and the Senate bill inereasnig to $2,000 a year the pension of Appolin A. Blair. After a lengthy discussion, the Log«\n bill was passed—yeas 154: nays, 93—and the Blair bill was passed—yeaa, 148 nays, 91. The house then took a recess untii evening, which was devoted to the con sideration of private pension bills. Vs 1 Detective Fahey was sentenced at Mon treal to fourteen years in the penitentiary for robbing the Grand Trunk railway of fices. THE RIGHTS OF WORSEN A Great Gathering of Ladies in Washington Where Many Topics are Discussed and Considered. The international council of women was field in Washington, Mrs- Elizabeth Cady Stanton presiding. Among the most prominent of the for eign visitors was Mrs. Alice Scatcherd, the Edinburgh National Society for Wom an Suffrage and the Darlington, Yorkshire and Southport Women's Liberal associa tion. Mrs. Ashton Diike, a radical wom an Buffragist of France was represented by Mme. Isabelle Bogelot, director of the work for the women of St. Lazare for the last six years full-faced and florid, and straight French features, dark gray fluffy hair, modestly arranged, a striking figure. She speaks no English, but her native toneue is used with fluency and eloquence. Finland sends an interesting delegate in the person of Baroness Alexandria Gripenburg of Helsingfors, delegate of the Finnish Women's asssociation. She is an authoress of considerable note, hav ing written several novels, and is also an editor of a children's magazine. Near her sat Madame Groth, the wife of a Norweigan professor of philosophy, who has come to this country to study Ameri can institutions. With her black hair, dark biilliant eyes, tall and straight as an arrow, and of commanding beauty, she looks like a Norse goddess. She wore a black silk dress, with yelleow satin waist. She represents tho Norwegian Women's Suffrage society. In the audi ence sat one of the most interesting of the visiting delegates, the dark featured and unassuming Pundita Rambai, a bi^h caste Hindoo woman. Her father was an edu cated Hindoo, one of the few who lookpd upon his wife as an equal. She is a convert to Cfiristianity. The committee on permanent organiza tion reported the following committee to arrange for a national and international council of women, chosen from the dele gates of the council alone Clara Barton, Francis Willard, Rachel Foster, M. Louise Thomas, AdaC. Bowles, Mrs. Barry of New Orleans, Mary F. East man, Mrs. C. C. Hoffman of Missouri, May Wright Sewell. To these are to be added the names of the foreign delegates. The expenses of the council were assumed by Miss Anthony, who used the money willed to her by Mrs. Eddy of Providence, R. I., to be used at her discretion for the suffrage cause. Miss Anthony pays the hotel expenses of all delegates and speakers to the council, and also the traveling expenses of the foreign delegates. The receipts from season and other tickets have been very great, and it is believed that Miss Anthony will be reim bursed. Judge Walte's Funeral. The funeral sevices of tho late Chief Justice Waite were siinp^ and impressive. The great hall of the houhe of representa tives had been arranged to seat as many as possible, and into that chamber came the senate, the associate justices, the pres ident and his cabinet, the diplomatic corps, the judiciary and the bar of the dis trict and the chief officers of the government, and in all that vast assembly there was not one who did not come to honor tfe dead. The remains were removed from the family residence on I street to the cap itol at 11 30 o'clock. They were accom panied by his relatives, the associate justices and their families, the officiating clergymen, seven in number, officers of the sup-erne court, representatives of different bodies of which the deceased was a mem ber and numerous friends. There were no services at the house. The cortege then proceeded to the capitol. The grand stair way and the rotunda at the east front of the capitol had been cleared of every one except policemen. Early in the morning the galleries of the house were crowded with spectators. Over every doorway were draperies of black, and the folds of the American flag which hangs over the speaker's chair were taste fully caught up w,ith the same emblems. In the space in front of the clerk's desk were ranged heavy leather-covered chairs for the accommodation of relatives and friends of the deceased, the president and his cabinet, the justices of the supreme court and the funeral commit tees of both houses of congress. Ih fror.t rows of the desks of members were reserv ed for senators while in the back of the hall the space was filled with chairs forthe accommodation of the invited hiends and members, including many ladies. At 11 50 the speaker called the house to order. Prayer was offered by Rev. Dr. Cuthbert. Tue business of the house was then suspended, while its officials car ried in the bier and placed it in front of the clerk's desk. At 11:40 the senate was announced, and all the members remained standing while the senators took their places, Senator Ingalls occupy inga chair to theright of Speaker Carlisle. Theregenteol the Smithsonian institution, thp judges of the court of claims and of the supreme court of the District of Columbia, the dis trict commissioners, the members of the diplomatic corps, the officers of the United States sujireme court and of the depart ment of justice, and many members of tho bar of the supreme court entered unan nounced, and were escorted to seats upon the floor. A few minutes before noon Mrs. Cleve land, accompanied by Miss Bayard, enter ed the executive gallery of the house, both ladies being dressed in black. At 11:55 the president and his cabinet were an nounced, and the people rose in respectful attention as the distinguished guests were escorted to their seats. Every mem ber of the cabinet was present and with them -entered Gen. Sheri dan, who was clad in full uniform. In a few minutes afterward the congressional committe entered, followed by the officiat ing Episcopal clergyman, Bishop Paret, reading "The Lord hath given and the Lord hath taken away blessed be the name of the Lord,"' as the casket was borne into the chamber and placed upon the bier. The bearers of the casket were all employes ol the supreme court and behind them attired in the robeB of office came the honorary pall bearer, the jubtices of the court. The members of the congressional committee wore white sashes fastened to the shoul der with black and white rosettes. The im pressive burial service of the Epis copal church was read by Bish op Paret, the music being ren dered by a choir of eighteen voices to an organ accompaniment. As Bishop Paret read the Apostle's creed,the vast audience rose as of one accord, and joined in the recitation of faith. At the conclusion of the services, the casket was borne from the chamber and the ceremonies in the house were closed. The hoase then at 12:45 adjourned, and the senate repaired to its chamber and immediately ad journed. ^The lieutenant governor of British Col ombia received the following telegram from Governor General Lansdowne: Your government should issue a public notice cautioning peisons going on sailing expe ditions to refrain from asserting their rights by force, and from taking on board arms and ammunition in excess of theii usual requirements. The whole matter has engaged the attention of her majesty's government, and forms the subject of dip lomatic negotiations now in progress Any intemperate action in the meantime would be most detrimental to British Columbia interests, and might lead to se rious complications and be followed by Brave consequences to those concerned. JHNNESOTA NEWS. THE FARMERS' ALLIANCE. Its Committee Passes Resolutions fj{ and Favors Albert Scheffer for Governor*'"*-'" Z^ The executive committee of the Minne- A, sota Farmers' alliance, at a meeting in St. Paul, reiterated the principles adopted by the alliance in February last, and having been submitted to Albert Scheffer, he endorsed them as follows. "I fully mdpree £,, *J the principles set forth above, and, a elected, will do all in my power to enforce them." Afterwards the following paper was read and adopted. From the executive committee of ne State Farmers' alliance to the people 0: innesota: For two years past we have come np to the capital with our grievances, asking our state authorities and state conven tions for relief. We have invariably re ceived fair promises,and experience proves that these were only made to be broken— mere stepping stones to places of trust and honor. For righteous acts we get sym pathetic words officials, instead of en forcing the laws, have become hungry poli ticians, office seekers, jobbers, who would barter their birthright for a mess of pot tage. The people of this state are sub jects of a cruel, relentless system of rob bery, that forces them to pay exorbitant prices for all they buy, and deprives them of a free market for what they eell- Unjust discrimination against persons and places is practiced winh impunity. Laws enact ed to relieve the people are a dead let ter or perverted and made of no effect. Laws are framed and forged in favor of monopolists corruption -w reigns in high places. All over the country rt there are hirelings at work to perpetuate this power cunning knaves, talking party preiudiees to hide their own sins and lead off the people to the polls like sheep to the slaughter. The needs of the hour are ster ling manhood, independent, intelligent vigorous action. The oath of office is the highest pledge, and should be held sacred. Perjured recreants should be branded with everlasting shame and relegated to the place provided for them—the penitentiary. While we do not assume to dictate to the members of the alliance of the state at large, and have no authority to place in nomination candidates for any office im- ^f der therules of our organization, we never- ~^f theleBs recommend that the members of the alliance, and farmers throughout the state, use their utmost en deavors to place in nomi nation for legis lative executive and judicial offices men who are known to be in sympathy with the principles of the alliance as expressed by our platform of principles, and in this connection it does not seem improper for us to recommend Albert Scheffer for gov ernor of this state. His past record, as well as his present position, entitles him, we believe, to the confidence of those who are in sympathy with the principles we ad vocate. An Indian named Sah-Gwon-Dug had a hearing before United States Commissioner Tiliotson at Moorhead charged with introducing whisky at White Earth. He pleaded guilty"and was bound in $250 bail to appear be fore United States district court in October at St. Paul. JBrainerd is badly in need of a new hotel, and public spirited citizens are working to secure the erection of one. Friday, April 13, is the date fixed for Holong's execution at Fergug Falls. Everything is in preparation for the event. The rope has arrived.-*, Holong appears unconcerned, and/* spends much of his time in smoking and reading. He receives almost dai ly visits from ministers, and appears to be deeply impressed by what they say. He is in good spirits and eats and sleeps well. By the report of the health officer it is found that glanders is at present very prevalent among the horses of Minneapolis. C. Chamberlain, a drayman, has recently had ten shot by order of the board" of health. Oth ers naye lost horses in less proportion, but the sum total of all that have been shot the past few months is a, Jar?e one. The horse traders arfT blamed for the present condition ol affairs. Tbey buy horses in the in cipient stages of glanders.doctor them up for a sale, and of course the infect ed animals spread the disease rapidly. J. W. Hoxie, dry goods and grocer ies of Spring Valley, is financially em barrassed. The claims aggregate nearly $8,000, the largest creditors being J. J. Hogan of La Crosse, $3,400. Hoxie is in Georgia for his health. His resources are visibly small. It is rumored, however, that he has been putting his money into St. Paul property, which may help him, out. The situation is a surprise every one. TheWillmar village council passed an ordinance requiring the saloon keepers to remove the blinds and screens from their windows. All com plied except Bardstad & Anderson, who determined to make a test case. They were promptly arrested, and at the end of a two days' trial they were acquitted. Faribault had a four thousand dol lar fire. There were in the building at the time eighteen horses, the property of Robert Curman, all but two of whieh were ourmed to death, and atwo-eeated carriage, besides a large amount of hay and grain and a number of ca&-# riages and buggies. James Coughlin, a well known resi dent of the town of Hart, Winona county, has become insane and is in Winona jail. He had much the trouble with his wife, who decided to leave him. This drove him insane. Upwards of 40,000 election tickets were printed for the recent city elec tion at Moorhead for the use of about 600 voters. There were forty-seven different combinations. .*-:•.. Work wiil be resumed on the fourth state normal school at Moorhead as soon as the weather permits. When nmsbed the structure will be an, im posing one and wili cost aboi 000. The Waltham "Oieesp* pany has just been tin, with Mose? The compar be preps in a "^Ir—*